$2 - TDK 3hr VHS Tapes 5pk @ DickSmith

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irajohn90 on 11/07/2012 - 15:08 dicksmith.com.au (1053 clicks)

Another special from Dicks small change menu.

Those who are still rocking the VHS tapes here's a special for you. $2 for 5 cassette tapes!!! bargain!!
and if you need a VHS rewinder ebay have plenty of them.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/VHS-Video-tape-automatic-rewinder...

there's a lot you can get with just $2.

Pick and collect only, not available at all stores.

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+2 votes

Cluster on 11/07/2012 - 15:10 ¶

Five 3 hour TDK tapes for $2 is a good deal, but I wonder about the eBay link slipped in there as well. Are you associated with that eBay seller?
- +1 vote
  
  irajohn90 on 11/07/2012 - 15:11 ¶
  
  no im not
  - +20 votes
    
    shmahoo on 11/07/2012 - 16:04 ¶
    
    probably good that this is pick and collect at store only, because anyone who is interested in these tapes could not possibly own a computer or have access to the internet !
  - +2 votes
    
    beatlock on 11/07/2012 - 16:12 ¶
    
    are you associated with awesome
- +1 vote
  
  montorola on 11/07/2012 - 17:00 ¶
  
  Woah, they still make these?!
+9 votes

irajohn90 on 11/07/2012 - 15:10 ¶

back to the future!
- +1 vote
  
  Fincky on 11/07/2012 - 16:12 ¶
  
  Nearly there! Oct 21 2015!
- rjack58 on 12/07/2012 - 03:20 ¶
  
  i still have a vhs of that, dunno if it still works cause i dont got vhs player
+32 votes

lostn on 11/07/2012 - 15:11 ¶

I'm looking for Betamax actually.
- -1 vote
  
  irajohn90 on 11/07/2012 - 15:15 ¶
  
  sounds like viagra
- MdMa7 on 11/07/2012 - 15:17 ¶
  
  Wow.. Betamax.. new school.
  
  I am looking for a Sony A3500 EIAJ-1 … anyone? :)
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIAJ-1
- +2 votes
  
  manic on 11/07/2012 - 18:29 ¶
  
  I'm looking for some cheap wax cylindars for my phonograph actually.
+7 votes

krazed15 on 11/07/2012 - 15:14 ¶

The case says "Sharp and Clear" lol. 576p is so sharp and clear these days
- +7 votes
  
  Cluster on 11/07/2012 - 15:22 ¶
  
  576p is vastly superior to VHS.
  
  Wikipedia time: "PAL VHS offers the equivalent of about 335x576 pixels luma and 40x240 chroma"
  
  Effectively limited to 240 lines of interlaced horizontal goodness due to the limited colour bandwidth.
- +2 votes
  
  SBOB on 11/07/2012 - 15:24 ¶
  
  VHS is less than 576 lines of effective resolution….
+3 votes

kaal on 11/07/2012 - 15:15 ¶

+ve only for old time sake
+12 votes

TScott on 11/07/2012 - 15:16 ¶

Good times. But at least they stopped when they were stopped and resumed when you pressed play again on every video player. =D
- +5 votes
  
  PoxyRadical on 11/07/2012 - 17:43 ¶
  
  Yeah, and then they gote eaten by said player. Awesome times had by all.
  - +1 vote
    
    sparkles on 11/07/2012 - 21:31 ¶
    
    Ahhh, I remember that crunchy sound of mashed tape emanating from the VCR with such fondness.
    - +1 vote
      
      fookos on 12/07/2012 - 00:14 ¶
      
      Our first VHS video recorder had a remote control that plugged directly into the machine so you had this 7mtr cable running across the loungeroom floor! At the time it was a revelation!
    - +4 votes
      
      shmahoo on 12/07/2012 - 07:50 ¶
      
      Don't tell Nintendo. They'll release something like it for the Wii and call it the "Wii Fit Skipping rope" or something like that !!
- manic on 11/07/2012 - 18:36 ¶
  
  No region coding, no encryption, no unskippable adverts, no Disney "FastPlay",
  …. but, nah, don't miss VHS at all.
+5 votes

whiznet on 11/07/2012 - 15:20 ¶

What are these? Never seen them before.
- +50 votes
  
  asdassa on 11/07/2012 - 15:23 ¶
  
  new technology - sharper and clearer than bluray or anything you have ever seen.
- +27 votes
  
  Cluster on 11/07/2012 - 15:27 ¶
  
  You may see them again, as tape streamers wrapped around lamp posts. Every 3 hour tape has 259 metres of fun inside.
  - +1 vote
    
    Duff5000 on 11/07/2012 - 15:50 ¶
    
    I was going to say they are more useful as streamers.
  - shmahoo on 11/07/2012 - 16:05 ¶
    
    +1 for the fun fact
- -1 vote
  
  JepunK on 11/07/2012 - 15:35 ¶
  
  Damn Generation Z!!…LOL
+24 votes

Pab23q on 11/07/2012 - 15:22 ¶

I thought The Dark Knight was on VHS for a second :|
- sparkles on 11/07/2012 - 21:33 ¶
  
  5 copies for the price of one!
+13 votes

Cluster on 11/07/2012 - 15:25 ¶

This deal has me partying like it's 1989
+15 votes

KayDat on 11/07/2012 - 15:26 ¶

Brought back memories of rushing to try and peel the stupid plastic wrap off new VHS tapes as a show was about to air.
- +8 votes
  
  montorola on 11/07/2012 - 17:01 ¶
  
  And the 'fun' in writing on the labels and sticking them on the tape, then playing around with the remaining stickers…that was our version of fun back then haha
  - +10 votes
    
    supafly on 11/07/2012 - 17:12 ¶
    
    Then pulling out the little tab so no one could record over it…..and then putting masking tape back over it because you ran out of blank tapes and got desperate….all that pausing recording during the commercials gone to waste!
    - +2 votes
      
      firstpost bekind on 11/07/2012 - 18:54 ¶
      
      The fun part for us was recording on the end of movies to save on tapes and guesstimating when to switch to another tape during the commercial break so that you wouldn't miss recording anything. You had tomake sure everything was then labeled properly otherwise you wouldn't know which tapes to go to to watch the entire movie. If you wanted to tape over the movie in front later on, that was even more fun.
    - +1 vote
      
      shmahoo on 12/07/2012 - 07:52 ¶
      
      …The fun part for us was recording on the end of movies to save on tapes …
      
      Ah - early example of your Ozbargain tendencies !!
  - +3 votes
    
    m0nkeycheese on 11/07/2012 - 18:34 ¶
    
    Loved those stickers..
    
    http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5165/5259473416_1c0ff871ed_z.j...
    - wickedcherub on 12/07/2012 - 08:31 ¶
      
      Nah, you need the stickers that come with the little graphic icons as well :)
    - m0nkeycheese on 12/07/2012 - 09:20 ¶
      
      I couldn't find a pic of them :( like the little soccer balls u used to stick on for sport shows :D
- uncojoe on 11/07/2012 - 21:27 ¶
  
  That comment brought back memories of rushing to try and peel another kind of plastic wrap as the show finished.
huu on 11/07/2012 - 15:27 Comment score below threshold (-5).
- +7 votes
  
  zomg on 11/07/2012 - 16:14 ¶
  
  Yes….tapes didn't die out until early 2000
  - Macgyver on 11/07/2012 - 16:27 Comment score below threshold (-9).
  - shmahoo on 12/07/2012 - 07:53 Comment score below threshold (-7).
- +4 votes
  
  heatseeker424 on 11/07/2012 - 18:04 ¶
  
  I'm in Year 12 and walked into a Year 7 class a few weeks ago. They didn't know what a cassette tape was. I weeped a little.
  - +7 votes
    
    psionix on 12/07/2012 - 00:47 ¶
    
    I wept over the decline of year 12 literacy
    - d3ft on 12/07/2012 - 16:03 ¶
      
      Haha. Burn.
      
      But yeah, the appalling standard of literacy in this country is no joke.
- PinzVidz on 11/07/2012 - 19:10 Comment score below threshold (0).
  - supafly on 14/07/2012 - 18:43 Comment score below threshold (0).
-1 vote

huyie on 11/07/2012 - 15:31 ¶

Perfect for cheap party decorations along with toilet paper.
+1 vote

HX925 on 11/07/2012 - 15:34 ¶

great stuff. remember working in a video store back when VHS was starting to transition to DVD. We had both DVD and VHS… i remember noticing how hardly anyone had a DVD player when it all started and then slowly people stopped hiring VHS and would only rent DVD.
And who can forget the DVD VHS player combos and even the small 34 cm tv's with DVD players and VHS players built into them !!
- Josh81 on 11/07/2012 - 22:36 ¶
  
  My Grandma and Aunty (live together) have a DVD player / VHS combo machine. They would have only bought it about 5yrs ago. lol
- Fizzydrink on 12/07/2012 - 09:35 ¶
  
  i nearly bought one the other day.. at dicksmith too! think it was around $99 (the dvd combo i mean.. not a 34cm tv)
jhova on 11/07/2012 - 15:36 ¶

aw man i was goin thru my box of oldskool vids i dubbed of WWF and NBA……they all had funky fungus on them…what up with that?

can i chuck em in the recycle bin?
- +3 votes
  
  sydshopper on 11/07/2012 - 15:42 ¶
  
  Video tapes are basically plastic and can be recycled. Search for a location near you at http://businessrecycling.com.au/recycle/video
- atlas on 11/07/2012 - 17:27 ¶
  
  Humidity was a problem for VHS. Many of my aunties/uncles in asia often had corrupted VHS tapes from fungus!
- +3 votes
  
  manic on 11/07/2012 - 18:38 ¶
  
  Nice Avatar. When did you get it :-(
+14 votes

quakka on 11/07/2012 - 15:44 ¶

Can't … seem to fit ….. these ….. (arhhh !!!) in through the ….. Bluray disk slot.

Need to push … harder !
+1 vote

Themojorising on 11/07/2012 - 15:44 ¶

Im personally waiting for a sale on 8-track players.
- +1 vote
  
  PinzVidz on 11/07/2012 - 19:11 ¶
  
  Damn, beaten to it (see above) :(
+11 votes

guidedlight on 11/07/2012 - 15:44 ¶

Step 1: Buy VHS tapes in 2012 for $2.
Step 2: Wait 30 years.
Step 3: Be the cool grandpa with the bizarre antique electronics. Priceless!
Sage on 11/07/2012 - 15:46 ¶

This is insane!
It's like that deal we had earlier this year on CRT TVs at Big W.

Pretty worthless product, but I won't neg for the novelty of seeing this.
- +1 vote
  
  shmahoo on 11/07/2012 - 16:06 ¶
  
  how much were those 34cm CRT TVs at Big W again?
  
  More or less than the $9 Dell printers?
+2 votes

froodo on 11/07/2012 - 15:48 ¶

Even back in 1987, what was the point of a automatic VHS rewinder? Besides "Keep your VCR longlife" (easier on your recordings of Knight Rider than your tape munching VCR??) and having a crappy looking sports car next to your TV?
- +6 votes
  
  Cluster on 11/07/2012 - 15:56 ¶
  
  Traditional VHS VCRs would wind the tape back through the entire head/capstan mechanism, meaning the tape winding had to be reasonably slow so as to not damage the tape. There was also the issue of head wear if someone rewound a lot of tapes.
  
  Since the late 80s many VHS VCRs came with fast rewind modes that would unload the tape from the heads before winding all the way back. It was as fast as any dedicated tape winder and no secondary device to take up space.
  
  The eBay link accompanying the tapes is selling a device that was rendered redundant well over two decades ago.
  - +5 votes
    
    beatlock on 11/07/2012 - 16:03 ¶
    
    did u just wikipedia VHS
    - +3 votes
      
      Cluster on 11/07/2012 - 16:18 ¶
      
      I regularly used a Sony VHS VCR in the late 80s and into the 90s with a fast rewind mode. Yes, I'm old :-)
    - shmahoo on 12/07/2012 - 07:53 ¶
      
      welcome to the internet, old dude !!
    - -1 vote
      
      yamumma on 12/07/2012 - 11:54 ¶
      
      Welcome to the Internet ? Son Im 38 I wwebsite as on the internet when you were a sperm in your daddys balls and before it was the internet, thanks for the welcome to message wurd up.
    - -1 vote
      
      yamumma on 13/07/2012 - 17:11 ¶
      
      Bwahahahahaha who negged this? Shmahoo was it you?
      
      For anyone else who didn't get the reference, have a read here:
      http://www.penny-arcade.com/resources/just-wow1.html
    - yamumma on 13/07/2012 - 17:17 ¶
      
      Hhhrrmmm probably not, seems one of my friends from the big Nexus thread has got sand in their vajayjay and is totally showing me what's what by negging all my posts.
      
      Oh OzBargain, you never fail to bring teh lulz.
    - yamumma on 18/07/2012 - 12:42 ¶
      
      Oh noez, the phantom negger strikes again!
      
      Man up and out yourself Mr Negativo.
- +1 vote
  
  uncojoe on 11/07/2012 - 21:31 ¶
  
  My parents still own that same rewinder in the ebay link except it cost them less than that 20 years ago.
  They were great for quickly rewinding all the rental tapes before returning them.
  - +2 votes
    
    grab_ur_freebies on 11/07/2012 - 22:40 ¶
    
    I think some rental shops even fine you for something simple as not rewinding the tape before returning!
Benno123 on 11/07/2012 - 15:50 ¶

Ahaha don't forget that you'll get 6 hours on lp!!! I haven't seen a VHS player in years. The last time I even saw a VHS was when I pulled one apart and wrapped a friend to a chair with the tape! Good times.
irajohn90 on 11/07/2012 - 15:54 ¶

just wondering has anyone try to buy one yet? still shows stock.
- +1 vote
  
  DaTa on 11/07/2012 - 16:06 ¶
  
  Ive got 2 packs for pick up
lazybones1987 on 11/07/2012 - 15:54 Comment score below threshold (-11).
+19 votes

bargdebarg on 11/07/2012 - 15:56 ¶

Sorry, but is everyone just +'ing this because it's nostalgic? If so, excellent.
- +13 votes
  
  beatlock on 11/07/2012 - 16:20 ¶
  
  EXCELLENT!! guitar riff
  - +1 vote
    
    mgowen on 11/07/2012 - 16:46 ¶
    
    Execute them!
    
    Bogus.
  - -4 votes
    
    Themojorising on 11/07/2012 - 17:59 ¶
    
    sif watch waynes world on anything BUT vhs!
    - +6 votes
      
      BartholemewH on 11/07/2012 - 18:12 ¶
      
      You meant to say Bill & Ted… right?
    - -1 vote
      
      daveted on 12/07/2012 - 10:09 ¶
      
      Bill & Ted Bill & Ted
      Party Time
      Excellent
      
      Dude, you got it mixed up.
      No way dude.
      Way.
      Pshaw. Shwing.
      
      Where's the car?
DaTa on 11/07/2012 - 15:56 ¶

Wow my local has some in stock , Buy some for the family , this is the first DSE bargain ive been able to buy due to their trash stock levels
+1 vote

jfkingdom1 on 11/07/2012 - 15:58 ¶

Cant believe they still sells VHS tapes. Regardless $2 is a give away
DaTa on 11/07/2012 - 15:59 ¶

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/4-PACK-4PK-TDK-4-HOUR-SHARP-CLEAR...

After a quick ebay search found some SC240,s I think it means 240 minutes but vastly more expensive than these
+10 votes

beatlock on 11/07/2012 - 16:01 ¶
I've been waiting 15 years for this deal

Now i don't have to ride my penny farthing down to blockbuster

Funny: Sony Betamax = Format Loses, Sony Bluray = Format Wins
+2 votes

DOUBLED on 11/07/2012 - 16:05 ¶

It's Like an SD slot for your PVR
Gomo on 11/07/2012 - 16:07 ¶

old school! :P I'm amazed that such an old item has made it to the top deals for today.. lol.. I'm sure if we listed up other old stuff for amazing $$ it would do the same!
+2 votes

shmahoo on 11/07/2012 - 16:07 ¶

wow

just wow

what a great (useless) deal.

must resist even checking to see if a DSE near me has stock

Edit: I checked
+2 votes

Fincky on 11/07/2012 - 16:08 ¶

How much GB do these have?
- +2 votes
  
  DOUBLED on 11/07/2012 - 16:10 ¶
  
  All of the GB
- +5 votes
  
  Cluster on 11/07/2012 - 16:22 ¶
  
  You may laugh, but some people (ie. me) did use regular VHS VCRs and tapes to backup computer data.
  
  http://www.hugolyppens.com/VBS.html
  
  From memory a few hundred megabytes would fit on a three hour tape. It worked surprisingly well and was a really cheap form of storage, but also incredibly slow.
  - digitalaxon on 11/07/2012 - 18:37 ¶
    
    I was one of those people … I bought this device from the UK to backup onto tape.. And yes .. it was slow…. Then ZIP drives/CD-RW's became reasonable in price and those VHS backup devices went the way of the dodo..
    - +1 vote
      
      shmahoo on 12/07/2012 - 07:54 ¶
      
      what? They released cheap internet plans with unreliable service?
+7 votes

tith on 11/07/2012 - 16:17 ¶

Use to record my naughty shows on VHS. Always made sure I recorded in long play for extra recording time.

It did sux though having to fast forward or rewind to the good bits
+1 vote

schwinn on 11/07/2012 - 16:19 ¶

What do I do with these things? Are they book ends?
- +1 vote
  
  irajohn90 on 11/07/2012 - 16:20 ¶
  
  use them as door stopers
josephchi on 11/07/2012 - 16:24 ¶

Cheap Asian stores still have lots of these in stock…
So, I don't expect these to rush out the door at this price.

Small asian shops in Burwood, Strathfield all are selling these cheap, including sony and sharp.